Monthly Archives: April 2012

Google Glasses could be like wearing an iPhone in front of your eyes. The sci-fi look could be “in” by the end of this year if the technology is released and catches on. Gizmodo says that the Google team in charge … Continue reading →

Old media celebrated by new media. That’s what Google Doodle does occasionally as they immortalized Eadweard J. Muybridge. Muybridge was a photography pioneer. According to the Los Angeles Times, he invented the Zoopraxiscope. The article also mentions that Muybridge is famous for using … Continue reading →

Few stores do not have websites, and technology retailers, such as Best Buy, are shutting down stores in part because of the internet, digital downloads, and lesser demand. Video game discs, for example, are on their way out as the digital world … Continue reading →

Okay, I know I’ve done a post like this before, but I did this for a class, and it went through several revisions. I’m proud of my work, so here it is again. Normally, the news covers societies censoring the … Continue reading →

Nowadays, people not only utilize computers, but they depend on them. This dependence fosters a symbiotic relationship between computers and their users. Human-computer symbiosis, or man-computer symbiosis as J.C.R. Licklider called it, reflects humans’ reliance on computers and has both positive and negative effects … Continue reading →